Army vs. Navy Betting Preview 12/10/16 – College Football Odds

Betting Preview

The annual Army – Navy game gets underway with two of the three top rushing teams in the country. Army is ranked second averaging 328 yards a game and Navy is third right behind with 327 yards a game.

Unfortunately for Navy their offense has been decimated with injuries. Quarterback Will Worth their leading rusher with 25 rushing touchdowns is out as well as their third leading rusher Toneo Gulley. Their second leading rusher Chris High was also hurt and is questionable so he won’t be 100% even if he plays. That leaves the Midshipmen with second string quarterback Zach Abey who completed just seven passes all year with two picks and no touchdowns.

Army comes in with a win in their last game where they scored 60 points and rushed for over 500 yards. Quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw is their second leading rusher but isn’t a very good passer with just four touchdown passes and eight picks. Their defense has played well and are ranked second in total defense while giving up just 19 points a game.

The oddsmakers opened this game with Navy as an eight point favorite but that has dropped to six. The total also tumbled opening at 51 but is now down to 47.5.According to Covers.com Consensus Analysis a surprising 68% of the public are still behind Navy with all of their injuries while 67% feel that both teams will put on a show and are backing the over.

Navy has won 14 straight games between these teams while the last 10 games have all gone under the total.

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Previous Meetings

12/12/15: Navy 21 @ Army 7
12/13/14: Navy 17 @ Army 10
12/14/13: Amy 7 @ Navy 34

Trends

• The under is 10-1 in their last 11 meetings
• The home team has covered the spread in their last four meetings
• The under is 7-1 in Navy’s last eight neutral site games.

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